Ehhh… I know I've been on Scratch for over three and a half years, but this question has been bothering me for a while…

Lately, I've seen quite a few comments involving a copied and pasted picture (Such as Nyan Cat or the word Awesome) on projects and profiles. A lot of the same ones pop up after the first one, and I'm assuming that Scratchers are scrolling down, reading the comments, thinking the comment looks cool, and then copying and pasting the same comment.

My question is, are they considered spam, and should I report these comments?

Here's an example of what one of them looks like:

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Yes, they are considered spam. Just report them.

yes please don't do them

As cool as they look, they do include an excessive amount characters which means that yes; they are spam.

Sigton

kittycat841 wrote:

Ehhh… I know I've been on Scratch for over three and a half years, but this question has been bothering me for a while…

Lately, I've seen quite a few comments involving a copied and pasted picture (Such as Nyan Cat or the word Awesome) on projects and profiles. A lot of the same ones pop up after the first one, and I'm assuming that Scratchers are scrolling down, reading the comments, thinking the comment looks cool, and then copying and pasting the same comment.

My question is, are they considered spam, and should I report these comments?

-snip-

Yes, they are.